In photos: Baking a delicious boudin king cake

See how a Beaumont doughnut shop prepares a delicious boudin king cake. >>

See how a Beaumont doughnut shop prepares a delicious boudin king cake. >>

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In photos: Baking a delicious boudin king cake

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Mardi Gras is right around the corner, and that means Lousiana natives living in Texas are starting to get the urge to eat all things Creole and Cajun in preparation for Fat Tuesday.

Luckily, as our friends at KPRC recently reminded us, you can strike two birds with one stone and combine the two most Louisiana things ever into one dish: the boudin king cake.

Robert Carriker, a professor of at the University of Louisiana and founder of boudinlink.com and kingcaker.com, told the Beaumont Enterprise in 2015 that he was the original inventor of the doughy boudin-stuffed treat.

When he posted a recipe for the boudin king cake on his website in 2015, he said it exploded in popularity.

If you’re looking for a new king cake recipe to celebrate Mardi Gras, you must try this one.

Media: Southern Living

"The orders started coming in and I initially thought, 'this is interesting - maybe I'll do a couple of these for some people and make a little money on the side'," Carriker said. "And then four or five requests turned into 10, 30, 90. By sometime around noon, I had a couple hundred requests. It was insane."

Three years later, the new tradition seems to be sticking around with several restaurants in Louisiana offering the innovative pastry.

Unfortunately, for now, Houstonians will have to make a boudin king cake from scratch.

Check out the photos above to see how a Beaumont doughnut shop prepares a delicious boudin king cake.